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Most Of The News All The Time THE STATE Volume No. 17 A Good Newspaper In No. 21 6-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBI ORT PILOT Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 5, 1956 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY $1.50 PER YEAR Referendum To Be Conducted December 11th Cotton And Peanut Growen Will Have Chance To Vote On Question Of Con tinuing Marketing Quotas OUTCOME MAY AFFECT PRICES All Eligible Farmers Urged To Participate In This Election, Which Will Extend To All Pro ducing States On December 11, cotton grow ers throughout the Nation will decide whether to continue mar keting quotas on the 1957 cotton crop. The decision will be made by ballot at polling places throughout the cotton growing area. First, the law as enacted by Congress provided for establish ing minimum State allotments at 99-percent of the 1956 State allot ment, which resulted in 94,159 acres additional allotment; and second, the law set up a national reserve of 100,000 acres for use in establishing minimum farm allotments. The law requires the Secretary of Agriculture to pro claim quotas and allotments on upland cotton when the total sup ply—that’s carryover plus cur rent crop plus imports—exceeds normal supply. That is why the secretary last August 31 made his marketing quota proclamation but the proclamation alone doesn’t mean that quotas will be in ef fect. If quotas are approved, farmers who comply with their allotments may market all their cotton crop without penalty. Also, price sup port on the 1957 upland cotton crop will be available to such eligible growers at a level be tween 75 and 90-percent of parity, with the minimum support level depending on the supply situation at the time the support is deter mined. Farmers should understand that they are not voting on acre age allotments—no matter how the vote goes, cotton allotments will continue in effect as a means of determining eligibility foi; price support. Under existing law, the penalty is 50-percent of the cotton parity price as of June 15, 1957. The penalty is figured on the “excess” cotton. If quotas are disapproved, the maximum level of price support to eligible growers will be 50 per cent of parity. Farmers eligible to vote in the referendum shall be those farm Continued On Page Two f Brief Bits Of lnewsj HOME ON LEAVE William Webb of the U. S. Air Force, stationed in New York, is on a 15 day leave at home with his parents in Southport. EPISCOPAL BAZAAR There will be a Bazaar Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the recreation hall of the Episcopal Church. It is sponsored by the Margaret Parkhill Auxiliary. Home made cake, pie and candy will be sold. MARKETING CARDS Farmers who have not return ed their tobacco sales cards to the county office at Supply are requested to return them immed iately. These cards must be in the county office not later than Mon day, December 10. METHODIST BAZAAR The Womans Society of Chris tian Service of Trinity Methodist Church will sponsor their annual bazaar Saturday morning begin ning at 10 o'clock in the State Port Pilot building next door to the post office. BACK ON DUTY T-Sgt. Glenn Caison has re turned to Williams Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona. He and his family spent a 30 days leave with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Caison, of Winnabow and Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Dexter of Wilmington. T-Sgt. Caison is an instructor in jet planes at Williams Field. ROAD REPAIR i The Funderburgh Construction Company of Wilmington has undertaken the task of regrading the 15 mile perimeter road en circling the ammunition terminal. This road is composed of marl taken from the river bed and hat held up remarkably well since first opened to traffic. Repair* consist mainly of grading. Calabash Once Had Own Post Office Records From Washington Reveal That Post Office Was First Established There In 1883 There are several communities in Brunswick county which were formerly served by post offices which no longer exist. From a letter received last week by Cornelius Thomas, Brunswick county historian, it appears that one o fthese offices was at Cala bash. Following is the text of a letter received by the Clarendon Planta tion man from Victor Gondos, Jr., of the National Archieves and Records Service of Washington: “According to records of the Post Office Department now in the National Archieves, a post office was established at Cala bash on July 31, 1883, with Rich ard R. Comron appointed as post master. It was discontinued on June 15, 3017. The records do not show that this office was ever known by any other name nor do they show the reason for naming of the post office. “A site location report of July 4, 1883, from the proposed post master at Calabash shows that Calabash was not a village but a postal stop to be located on the mail route between Wilmington (North Carolina) and Little Run (South Carolina) on which the mail was carried twice per week by George W. Grissert.” The “Little Run” referred to in the letter doubtless is1'Little River. Swain Chairman Of Commissioners Only Member Of Old Board Elected Chairman Of Body At Organizational Session Here Monday R. E. BELLAMY IS HOSPITAL PATIENT This Curtailed Transaction Of Business; Hickman And Earl Bellamy Also Giving Oath Of Office With County Commissioner H. E. Bellamy still in the Dosher Memorial Hospital, recoveming from the broken shoulder that he sustained in a fall from a roof last week, the ceremony of swear ing him in Monday took place in his hospital room, the oath being administered by Clerk of Court Jack Brown. Previously F. Herbert Swain and Durwood Clark had been sworn in. at the court house. Swain went in to serve his sec ond term. He was the only mem ber of the old board that offered for re-election. Clark, along with Bellamy, is a new member of the board of three. Swain and Clark were both present at the hospital for the swearing in of Bellamy. Following that ceremony they held a brief organization meeting. Swain was placed in nomination by Commis sioner Clark to serve as chair man of the board and the move was seconded by Commissioner Bellamy. With Commissioner Bellamy ex pected to be recovered and able to attend the next regular meet ing of the board, Commissioner Clark and Chairman Swain re turned to their office and attend ed to only a few minor matters of business that required atten tion. Other matters not so press ing were deferred until the next regular meeting at which it is ex pected that all members will be present. Clerk of Court Brown also swore in Register of Deeds H. M. Hickman, Judge Earl Bellamy and a few of the township officers during the morning. With his taking over of the office Register of Deeds Hickman announced that Mrs. Pauline Swain, Deputy Register of Deeds, had resigned to accept a position with the law firm of Herring and Walton. Mrs. Sam Joe Frink of Thomasboro succeeds Mrs. Swain as deputy in that office. Fish Now Moving Down The Coast Boats At Beaufort Having Good Luck, With Indicat ions Pointing To Good Run Of Fish Off South port Later Fishing authorities state that the southward bound menhaden schools are definitely expected to •show up in the Southport area by the end of this week. They also say that the indications are that they will come by here in fairly large numbers. The schools are moving slowei than they usually do. That gives hope of pretty good catches here about Christmas and thereafter as long as the weather will permit operations. Slow moving fish wit require some time to pass the Southport fishing grounds. In fact, the boats can follow them to below Georgetown Continued On Page Two «■ Pretty Weather Here This Week After 10 days of cold weather, Southport and vici nity has been the beneficiary of some of the prettiest days of the fall starting with Sat urday. The temperatures have dropped into the forties early in the morning, but each day the mercury has mounted up into the mid-seventies. More over, there has been little wind, and no rain. The weather bureau report ed Tuesday that the official reading for that day indicated it to be the warmest Decem ber 4 on record. Funeral Sunday For Elroy King Former Member Of Board Of County Commissioners Laid To Rest Following Sudden Death From Heart Attack ElRoy King, prominent citizen of Waccamaw township, died at his home early Saturday morning. His death occurred within a few minutes after he suffered a heart attack. The deceased was active in county and community affairs. He served two terms on the board of county commissioners and was chairman of the board during his last term. At the time of his death he was chairman of the lo cal school board at Ash and was also a member of the County Wel fare Board. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock from the New Brittian Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Carter, the Rev. Gaston Hester, the Rev. George Piver and the Rev. Anson Smith officiating. One of the larg est crowds ever to attend a funer Continued On Page Two Letter Follows 1 rip lo opring Raleigh Man Writes W. B. Keziah To Tell Him Of Good Impression Received From Bouncing Log Spring Going around a part of Bruns wick county recently with W. B. Keziah, W. M. Shaw, Safety En gineer for the Department of Labor, visited the Bouncing Log Spring and other points. He was much interested; especially with regard to the water. Writing Keziah yesterday, Shaw said in part: '“Just a note to thank you for showing me around and out to the springs while in Southport recently. Am enclosing a couple of the pictures that we made but am sorry to say I did not get one like I wanted of you and the springs. Especially wanted a good one of the springs for I believe a supply of pure water such as you have there can turn into something big and a few good pictures spread around can help with the publicity. Its not far from here to Southport and. I hope to get -back soon and will Continued On Page Two Annual Meeting Of Production Twenty-Third Annual Meet ing Of Wilmington Pro duction Credit Associa tion Scheduled Friday This Association Servos The Farm Credit Needs For New Hanover, Bruns wick And Pendei“ Counties The Twenty Third Annual .Meet ing of the Wilmington Production Credit Association will be held at it’s office in Wilmington Friday at 10:30 a. m., according to an announcement by H. B. Riven bark, secretary-treasurer of the association. At this meeting, members will be given a detailed report cm the past year’s business, as well as a report of the growth of the or ganization during the past 23 years. The report will show that the association now has more than 1100 members and that loan3 made during the past year amounted to more than one mil lion dollars; that the net worth of the association is now in ex cess of 1250,000; and that the association is now completely owned by it’s farmer stockholders. The Wilmington Association makes short-term and intermed iate-term loans to farmers in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties. The directors of the organiza tion are John R. Morris, Wil mington; John B. Ward, Ash; J. W. Sellers, Jr., Supply; A. B. Herring, Watha; and Chas. R. Rogers, Rocky Point. According to Rivenbark, farm ers now have a brand new type of credit available to them. “When the production credit associations Continued On Page Two Lions To Visit Regular Meeting Tomorrow Will Include Luncheon At Cafeteria At Sunny Point, Followed By Conducted Tour Of Installation For their regular luncheon meeting Thursday of this week, the Southport Lions Club will be the guests of SPAT officials for a guided tour of the installation. The itinerary for the visit calls for arrival at the terminal head quarters at 1 o’clock where they will be met and escorted to the cafeteria for lunch, followed by welocming remarks by Col. Frank Edson at 2 o’clock. From 2:05 to 2:15 Lt. Col. Wil liam F. Murphy will give a gen eral orientation as to the history and development of the terminal. Lt. Col. Murphy is the executive officer of the installation. Lt. Col. Besser, director of services, will follow Lt. Col. Murphy by de scribing the facilities of the ter minal. Major Jack Reavis, direc tor of operations, will describe continued On Page Two Credit REPORT OF YEAR’; OPERATION S Fishing Scene ,k SPO’fs_Although the weather is getting a little cold for this kind of outside e activity gill netting for spots is a favorite sport along the coast of Brunswick county. 3 This has been an unusually good season for these fish.—(Art Newton Photo.) i Big Catches Of King Mackerel Ate Coming In Late Season Fishermen Are Haraig Some Of Best Lucit Of Season With The^e Big Fellows Some, of the best catches of the season have been made during the past week parties out from here aboard the Southport charter boats. On Saturday Irvin Bradley and party of Gastonia were out with Capt. Fred Fulford aboard the Davis Bros. V and caught 35 king mackerel. That same day Bob Strive and party of Fayetteville were out with Capt. 'H. A. Schmidt aboard the Idle On III and caught 45 Atill^^mAekerel, 4 amber jack, 3 The Saturday party' for”tjapt. Hitlan Watts aboard the Idle On IVjttwas from Hickory and they ealight 42 king mackerel and 3 both to. ■'If remained for Capt. Basil Watts to break the fall record on Sunday when his party aboard the Idle On II brought in 87 king Continued On Page Two Funeral Saturday For Long wood Man Funeral services for Kenneth Williamson, young Brunswick county man, were conducted Sat urday afternoon from the grave side at Bennett cemetery near Longwood . He was drowned in a dredging accident near Charleston, S. C., last week, and it was reported that death resulted when he fell into the water and was sucked under by the force of the dredge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Uyless Williamson, and in addi tion to his parents, he is survived by his wife and one child. Several brothers and sisters also survive. Our ROVING Reporter Register of Deeds Amos J. Wal ton called around to see us and say goodbye Friday. That was the last day of his 14-year term in office. He did not offer for reelection last spring, but now he naturally feels regret at leaving the office he has served so long and the folks with whom he has been so closely associated. Now only 69 years old, Mr. Amos stated that he feels he is just in the prime of life and folks who know him will readily agree on that score. Asked what he now plans to do, he said that he just aims to visit around some and look after his farm in Waccamaw township. In this office this week John Greely Long, principal of the Waccamaw School, reminded us that his father, Austin G. Long, knew us well when we were in Whiteville years ago. Like a lot of other discerning people. Mr. Long became interested in Sunny Point while he. was here. He ex pressed a wish to make a couple of guided-tour trips to the installa tion after Christmas, bringing his senior class end a few of the teach ers on one of these trips. For th< other he would bring the junioi class and others of the teachers With the cooperation of Lt Colonel William Murphy, we kinc of expect to have a couple o: bunches of the fine young Wac carnaw folks here early in the new year. Retiring as skipper of a men haden boat half a dozen years ago, after around 50 years at thi work, Captain J. B. Church stil retains about as much interes in the work as anybody on thi boats. He still has a job with thi factory, commuting betweei Southport and the plant daily An early riser, we usually havi breakfast at the same time an( with the boats now working a Beaufort, we get an early mor ning report from Captain Churcl each day. Somehow, long befori Contioaed On Page Four) i Aid For Hungary Will Be Collected — Hungarian Aid Sponsored Here The ministers of 3 South port churches are inviting all the people of Southport to share in a relief program call ed, “Bread for Hung(a)ry”. The idea is to share some of our abundance with the starv ing people who are still left in Hungary, and still left hungry. Each family is invited to give up cake or some other food on Christmas Day and give the price to Church World Service. Church World Service, 215 Fourth Ave., New York 10, is a church relief agency that will deliver over $20 worth of government surplus food for every $1 that is given. This money is to be given through the churches and the offering dedicated on the Sun day before Christmas. Each church will have its own way of taking the offering. Regular Weekly ■ Term Of Court Variety Of Cases Disposed Of Before Judge Earl Bel lamy In Recorder’s Court Here Monday Judge Earl Bellamy began his second term as presiding officer of the Brunswick county Record er’s court here Monday with a varied docket which included more than the usual number of serious cases. The following judgements were handed down: William Thomas Lewis, driving too slow, nol pros with leave. Levy Robinson, carnal know ledge, probable cause found and defendant held for Superior court under $400 bond. Lyman May.ie Osborne, speed ing, no chaffeur’s license, $35 fine and costs, $15 of fine re mitted on presentation of valid license. Clyde Faulk, failing to pay for building material, 30 days on roads, suspended on condition that defendant make restitution to E. C. Blake and pay costs. David McNeil, fornication and adultry, not guilty. Billy Donald Rayle, speeding, fined $15 and costs. Charles Tatum, bigamy, nol pros with leave at request of | the State. James W. Williams, Jr., speed ing, fined $25 and costs. Jonas J. Bryant, Jr., non-sup port of illegitimate child, not guilty. James Glenn Cox, speeding, ’ fined $15 and costs. ' Benny Smith, forgery, waved preliminary hearing and bound to * Superior court under $500 bond. ; William Harry Simmons, speed * ing. fined $15 and costs. 1 David Leach, forgery, waved ■ hearing and held for Superior * court under $500 bond. 1 Estelle Sally Fergus, speeding, ; fined $15 and costs. Nathaniel Moore, driving under i the influence of intoxicants, fined i $100 . and costs and forfeit his driving license. * \merican Red Cross Desig nated As Agency For Col lecting Money With Which To Help Refugees INTEREST SHOWN IN THIS COUNTY Home Service Secretary Has Received Numerous Offers Of Homes For Hungar ians, With Some In terested In Adop tion The Brunswick County Chap ter of the American Red Cross is serving as the agency through which a minimum of $233 is be ing sought for Hungarian refugee aid. Mrs. Phil aing, cnapter chair man, has pointed out that this is not a part of the annual drive, and no personal solicitations will be made. An effort will be made to have funds turned in through one or two grades at each of the consolidated schools of the coun ty. Mrs. William C. Smith of Leland says that there has been a strong show of interest in the Hungarian situation on the part of residents of this county. “Several have call ed to offer homes and other facili ties; and there have actually been some who expressed an interest in adopting one or more of the refugees,” she said last night. The appeal is based on a mes sage received from Roland Har riman, chairman of the national Red Cross. It says: “The tragic suffering of the people of Hungary has caused every American to want to send help. This help has gone from the American Red Cross and we have been joined by other Red Cross societies throughout the world in rushing medical sup plies, food, blankets and other necessities to the stricken area. “The Red Cross is the inter national agency that is now mov Continued On Page Two Soil Election On This Week On Soil Conservation Dis trict Supervisor Being Elected This Week By Vote Of Citizens One Soil Conservation District Supervisor for Brunswick county will be elected by popular vote in an election now in progress. The voting is informal and began on Monday. It will continue through Saturday, December 8th. All qualified voters in the county are eligible to vote. The ballot boxes are located at the following points in the coun ty: Exum, Bennett’s Store; Bo livia, Hawes Store; Grissettown, Parker’s Store; Ash, Lonnie Evan’s Store; Shallotte, Washam Warlick-Harrelson’s Store; Sup ply, Parker's Store; Winnabow, Henry’s Store. All qualified voters of the coun ty that have not already voted are urged to cast their ballots at the most convenient place listed above before the voting cloaca. Brunswick County is a part of the Lower Cape Fear Soil Con servation District Other counties in the district are Bladen, Co lumbus, New Hanover and Pender. Director Recalls Early Operation Of Ft. Caswell Dr. R. K. Redwine Holds • High Hopes For Future Of North Carolina Baptist Assembly In This County HAS BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM FROM START Cites Improvements That Have Taken Place In Pro perty And Increase In Attendance At Con ferences (Editor's Note: Very much in terested in the work he has done at the Baptist Seaside Assembly at Fart Caswell, the State Port Pilot asked Dr. Richard K. Redwine, who is soon to leave, to write a story of his work. In response to this request the following is Dr. Redwirie's own account of the founding and opera tion of the Caswell Assembly). BY RICHARD K. REDWINE My connection with South astem North Carolina began in 948. At that time I came to Vilmington and started clearing ip and renovating an Army Hos >ital Base at Fort Fisher, pre jaratory to operating a Summer Assembly for North Carolina Bap ists and was there for seasons .948 and 1949. The attendance for he two years was about 7000. My introduction to the South sort—Fort Caswell community vas in the summer of 1949. The ?\>rt Caswell property was for tale and we could easily see that t was a far better location for >ur Assembly than Fort Fisher. Caswell impressed me from the irery beginning as being an ideal location. During the summer of 1949, I made many pilgrimages from Sea side at Fort Fisher to Fort Cas well. I brought many Baptist groups to look over the property that was being considered as a permanent location. I made num erous trips to confer with gov ernment agents. I even helped an appraiser to make a new ap praisal, so as to bring our bid in line with the appraisal. Negotiations were completed and North Carolina Baptists took title to Fort Caswell, including 248 acres of land and about 50 good buildings, in the late sum mer of 1949. The purchase price was $87,000. In September of that year began the big job of mov ing the personal property that had been accumulated from Sea side to Fort Caswell. Then came the job of cleaning up, renovating and getting ready to operate the assembly in 1950, Caswell in 1949 was a dr all and delapidated place. The Navy had been gone long enough for everything to be in a run-down condition. There was not a white building on the grounds. Every thing had been painted a nasty green and the paint was peeling off. Roofs were in bad repair and leaking. Literally tons of plaster that had been on walls and ceil ings was on the floors. The assembly operated its first season at Caswell in 1950 with an attendance of a little over 4,000. Interest has grown and attend ance increased from year to year. Our attendance in 1956 was over 7000. The total attendance for nine years of operation as Cas well and Seaside has been well over 50,000. The attendance at Caswell for seven years ran to over 43,000. Many changes have taken place at Caswell in the past 8 years. Nearly all of the buildings have changed from olive drab to white. Assembly and classroom facilities are more than four times what Continued On Page Two Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the next week. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. High Tide Low TMr Thursday, December 6, 10:28 A. M. 4:04 A. M. 10:41 P. M. 4:43 P. M. Friday, December 7, 11:06 A. M. 4:44 A. M. 11:23 P. M. 5:25 P. M. Saturday, December 8, 11:47 A. M. 5:28 A. M. 0:00 P. M. 6:09 P. M. Sunday, December 9, 0:09 A. M. 6:19 A. M. 12:30 P. M. 6:55 P. M. .Monday, December 10, 0:58 A. M. 7:09 A. M. 1:18 P. M. 7:47 P. M. Tuesday, December 11, 1:52 A. M. 8:09 A. M. 2:10 P. M. 8:39 P. M. Wednesday, December 12, 2:48 A. M. 9:11 A. M. 3:05 P. M. 9:33 P. M.
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